Hawaii Key Dates

By taylah.2011

  • Spanish sailors visit Hawaii

    They describe volcanic eruption in ship's log.

  • James Cook discovered Hawaii

  • Period: to

    European and US trading ships arrived to Hawaii

    They stopped on their way to China. Disease brought from other parts of the world killed many of the Hawaiians

  • Hawaii placed under the protectorate of Great Britian by Vancouver

  • King Kamehameha I unifies Hawaiians

  • All of Hawaii was under Kamehameha's control

  • First theatrical performance staged in Hawaii

  • Russian soldiers fail to attempt to build a fort

  • Volcano House opens for tourists

  • Kamehameha I dies

  • Protestant missionaries teach Christianity

  • Missionaries convert many Hawaiians to Christianity

  • James Honnewell establishes a trade and service organization

  • Police Department founded by King Kamehameha III

  • Hawaii adopted its first constitution

  • Hawaii's only ruling queen came to power

  • Hawaii becomes US territiory

  • First airplane flight in Hawaii

  • Prince Edward visits Hawaii

  • Great tsunami hits Hilo

    Caused 100 people to die with $25 million damage

  • Hawaii became the 50th state

  • Hurricane Inkiki kills four and causes $2 billion in damage

  • Rain causes major flooding

    Lasted six weeks